If your own country's laws prohibit you from marrying, you will not be able to obtain from authorities of your own country the documents that are required by Turkish marriage law, and thus you will not be able to marry in Turkey.

If both bride and groom have the same nationality and it is not Turkish, your marriage will be valid if conducted either by Turkish authorities or by your country's embassy or consulate officials.

But note that not all embassies and consulates will perform marriages—check with yours.

The fact is that there are plenty of mixed relationships between Turkish men and foreign women that work perfectly well.

I can however tell you the top three reasons why a holiday romance did not work out. Now, it does not take a rocket scientist to work out that when you live in two different countries, the odds are stacked against you.